The Faithful Mine is a lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,690 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,690 Feet (2,344 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 45.6922, -112.94690
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Faithful Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Faithful Mine
Secondary: The Faithful Mine
Secondary: Old Faithful
Secondary: Julian Wegener Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Vipond
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: William Beete Mineral Rights Inc.
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Jim Arnoldi
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: L. Lively
Home Office: Montana
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM THE PROPERTY IS 268 TONS OF ORE, WHICH CONTAINED 3 OUNCES OF GOLD, 1,569 OUNCES OF SILVER, 507 POUNDS OF COPPER, AND 2,800 POUNDS OF LEAD. THIS WAS PRODUCED IN 1937, 1941-43 AND 1959.
References
Reference (Deposit): M.A. THESIS, MONTANA STATE UNIV., BOZEMAN, MT, 310 P.
Reference (Deposit): SASSMAN, O., 1941, METAL MINING IN HISTORIC BEAVERHEAD:
Reference (Deposit): MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 85, 1972, P. 134.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
